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1. (adj.) digitigrade
walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals.
Etymology: (1825–35; < F; see digiti -, -grade)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) digitigrade mammal, digitigrade
an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
2. (adj) digitigrade
(of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)
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1. (adj) digitigrade
walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade
2. (noun) digitigrade
an animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot
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